We also explain what it is and what it is used for

You may have encountered an error while using a virtual machine on your computer that relates to virtualization. What is virtualization? Does your computer have it? How do you enable it? Below you will find the answers to these questions and more, regardless of whether you are using an Intel or AMD system.

There’s a good chance you know you need virtualization, but you don’t know what it is. As you might guess, it has to do with virtual machines. Hardware virtualization essentially makes your physical CPU act as multiple virtual CPUs.

This is essential for virtual machines to be seamlessly compatible with the guest operating system while sharing resources with the host operating system. There are many technical reasons why you would want these isolated virtual CPUs. However, for the purposes of this article, all you need to know is that virtualization makes virtual machines and a few other types of applications work properly.